Arterial dissection


Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:


Taxotomy

Subclassifications Epidemiology Clinical features
Aortic dissection None Abdominal pain
Chest pain
Ischaemic stroke
Seizure
Cardiogenic syncope
Carotid artery dissection None Neck pain
Vertebral artery dissection None Cerebellar ataxia
Neck pain



Aetiology

Disorder Clinical features Associated features Investigations Disease modifying treatment available Time critical
Fibromuscular dysplasia



Clinical features


Arterial dissection may cause the following: